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Polydeukes Pollux Polydeukes, son of Tyndareus
  • Paus. 3.18.14
  • son of Zeus by Leda: Apollod. 3.10.5
  • son of Zeus, in the Argo: Apollod. 1.9.17
  • with Castor founds temple of Athena Asia: Paus. 3.24.7
  • hunts Calydonian boar: Paus. 8.45.6
  • returns from Colchis: Paus. 3.24.7
  • father of Mnesileus by Phoebe: Apollod. 1.4.2
  • kills Lynceus: Apollod. 1.4.3, Paus. 3.14.7, Paus. 4.3.1
  • practises boxing: Apollod. 3.11.1
  • kills Amycus, king of the Bebryces, in a boxing match: Apollod. 1.9.19
  • wins boxing-match at Olympia: Paus. 5.8.4
  • drives chariot at funeral games of Pelias: Paus. 5.17.9
  • deified: Paus. 8.2.4
  • carried up to heaven by Zeus: Apollod. 1.4.3
  • refuses to accept immortality while his brother is dead: Apollod. 1.4.3
  • alternately among gods and mortals: Apollod. 1.4.3
  • his sanctuary near Therapne: Paus. 3.20.1
  • his trophy: Paus. 3.14.7
  • represented on throne of Apollo at Amyclae: Paus. 3.18.14, on chest of Cypselus: Paus. 5.17.9and in gable of temple of Athena Alea at Tegea: Paus. 8.45.6
  • wives of Pollux and Castor: Paus. 3.12.8
  • Castor
  • Dioscuri

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